CVE-2018-11627

Public Exploit

Description

Sinatra before 2.0.2 has XSS via the 400 Bad Request page that occurs upon a params parser exception.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/issues/1428 third party advisory exploit
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0315 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0212 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/commit/12786867d6faaceaec62c7c2cb5b0e2dc074d71a third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11627?
CVE-2018-11627 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-11627?
To fix CVE-2018-11627, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-11627 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-11627 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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